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Tornado Warning 71, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Dec 18, 2002, 4:34 PM CST for Ashley County, Arkansas. It was in force for 46 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 18, 2002, 4:34 PM CST (22:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 18, 2002, 5:20 PM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Ashley County, AR
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 4:55 PM CST | Tornado F0 | North Crossett, AR | A tornado briefly touched down 5 miles north of North Crossett, toppling several trees along State Road 133. In addition, a shed was destroyed and the roof was removed from a barn. Producing no injuries, the tornado traveled about one mile before lifting. |
| Dec 18, 5:10 PM CST | Tornado F0 | Huttig, AR | A weak supercell developed within a multicellular squall line which moved east northeast across the area. Damage path consisted of numerous snapped and fallen small trees. The tornado moved through a heavily wooded region with no structures. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 1:10 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 176 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 193 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -333 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 639 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 511 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KJAN 182234 TORJAN ARC003-182320- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 433 PM CST WED DEC 18 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS * UNTIL 520 PM CST * AT 433 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES WEST OF CROSSETT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO... BE NEAR WEST CROSSETT AT 440 PM CST BE NEAR NORTH CROSSETT AT 445 PM CST BE NEAR HAMBURG AT 455 PM CST BE NEAR FOUNTAIN HILL AT 500 PM CST A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME - TAKE COVER NOW ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3315 9234 3300 9223 3327 9164 3339 9177
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 5:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley | 30 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.